Thursday, 29 March 2018

“64°north” is a solo
exhibition by Carmen Marchena Alonso, Spanish photographer, mountaineer
and climber. The exhibition features her
analogue work from Iceland, the Pyrenees and, prevalently, Greenland, where
Carmen travels every year, and where she
sometimes works as a kayak and trekking guide, exploring the fjords, glaciers
and icy seas around the island. Using various cameras and experimenting with different
types of film, Carmen captures beautiful and surreal landscapes full of colours
we wouldn't expect to see in a place known better for being blanketed in white
snow and ice.

“64°north” is the third in a series of 9 exhibitions that will be
organised in 2018 in 76m2, Pontypool by the*kickplate*project, with the support from
the Arts Council of Wales, Torfaen Council's Arts Development and Pontypool
Community Council.

Wednesday, 14 March 2018

We just wanted to let you know that Kay Adams's show "wasted films" is open for one more week in 76m2. Due to the snow closure earlier this month, we've been open on Mondays, so you can also visit us on the 19th of March before we close on Wednesday the 21st. See you in Pontypool!

Saturday, 3 March 2018

We only just opened Kay Adams's exhibition on Tuesday the 21st when we had to shut on Thursday due to an unprecedented snowfall! Wales is currently quite thoroughly snowed in, many of our local roads are closed, and sadly we had no chance of getting to the gallery in Pontypool. We're hoping to re-open on Monday the 5th (and we'll keep the gallery open on Mondays to make up for the lost time during this exhibition).

For now, we'd like to share some photos from the installation and opening of the exhibition, and we hope we'll be able to welcome you in 76m2 as soon as the roads are safe and clear!

You can also find some more photographs and updates on our facebook page

the project

[...]for us, the*kickplate*project is a way to fight small-town boredom, to question who the target audience of art is and to broaden that audience, to bring art directly into the lives and communities of those people who have been told that art is not for them[...]